Room VIII.
Case H.
A very beautiful Etruscan mirror with Bacchus, or a Bacchante, riding on a panther upon the cover. Two good mirrors in the same case, and a fine Etruscan gold ornament, with figures delicately traced upon it.
To the right of the door, a white marble oscillum or slab, with the figure of Archimenes on one side, and on the other the portrait of a juggler taming snakes. This was probably put up outside the house or booth of a juggler, and served as his sign.
Case L.
Some good bits of Etruscan jewellery. One necklace with a large bit of glass like an opal, set in gold and precious stones; also some very delicate Etruscan earrings, with golden nets of filagree on a gold ground.
Case H.
Some specimens of Etruscan money. The pieces were valued according to their weight, and form seemed quite a secondary consideration.
Case P.
A collection of strigils, or brass scrapers, to be used after the bath. Some of these were evidently used as ornaments (hung from an elegant bracelet or ring), which leads one to imagine that the bath was a rarity with the Etruscans, and the strigil an object of luxury and decoration rather than of frequent use.